Can't make Realtek ALC880 HDA work

[PryGuy]

Hello All!
First of all, I'm a linux newbie so please excuse me for my silly questions.

I've got Asus P4GPL-X motherboard recently. It's all great about it except for one thing, it's TOO modern for the current software! One has to install drivers for Gigabit LAN and Sound in Linux and even Windows. I have installed Marvell Yukon Gigabit LAN drivers in Linux finally, and it works (overwise how could I write this post?) but I still have problems with my sound card! Please post step by step guide how to install this driver or tell me where do I find this information. I have tried many things yesterday, but came to a conclusion that I need a helping hand here. Thank you!

[hostile]

I'm curious about this myself.

I have an Asus Z7100 laptop, and everything works perfectly, except the sound...

Anyone with any ideas?

[PryGuy]

People seem to ignore us...

[hostile]

Originally Posted by PryGuy People seem to ignore us...

Apparently, at the time of our posts, the driver was not yet ready.

Here it is, hot off the press (posted to RealTek's site 05/26/05):

Click.

Good luck!

[PryGuy]

Thanks, mate!
Downloading it, hope it will help!!!
Thanks again! I feel so lonely without my Pink Floyd!

EDIT: What do I do to make my poor little integrated sound card work?!
I download the damn driver, extract the alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a folder from there,
./configure
make
make install
./snddevices
reboot

It compiles and installs like a breeze, not a single error message, I reboot and
NOW WHAT?!

[hostile]

Originally Posted by PryGuy It compiles and installs like a breeze, not a single error message, I reboot andNOW WHAT?!

Well, I havent tackled yet myself, but I'm assuming you edit your modules.conf file to reflect the installed driver...

When I have some spare time this weekend, I'll look at it and report back.

Good to know it compiles though...

[PryGuy]

...and the question is: how do i know what module name to write there?

[hostile]

Originally Posted by PryGuy ...and the question is: how do i know what module name to write there?

Isnt it in the readme file?

[PryGuy]

There certainly is, and it says:

Step 4. Edit your /etc/modules.conf or conf.modules depending on the distribution (Please refer to the attached modules.conf)

So I refer to the attached modules.conf and here it is:

#alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio //remark this line, this is default audio driver #====== added those lines ============= alias char-major-116 snd options snd major=116 cards_limit=1 # -- Azalia controller ----------------------------- alias snd-card-0 snd-azalia options snd-azalia index=0 id="Azalia" #--- Intel 8x0 , SiS 7012 and NVidia---------- #alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 #options snd-intel8x0 index=0 id="ICH" #--- Via8233 Via686a ------------------------------- #alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx #options snd-via82xx index=0 id="VIA" #--- ATI ------------------------------- #alias snd-card-0 snd-atiixp #options snd-atiixp index=0 id="ATI" //================================= alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss #================================= post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :

I have inserted it into /etc/modules.conf and tried experimenting with the Azalia and Intel8x0 modules but there's no luck though system starts with no errors Bet one has to do something else to make it work. Yet I've noticed that the esd demon says:

/dev/dsp: No such file or directory

[hostile]

Originally Posted by PryGuy There certainly is, and it says:So I refer to the attached modules.conf and here it is: I have inserted it into /etc/modules.conf and tried experimenting with the Azalia and Intel8x0 modules but there's no luck though system starts with no errors Bet one has to do something else to make it work. Yet I've noticed that the esd demon says:

Hrm... I guess an easy thing to do it maybe see a modules.conf which has another RealTek codec and go from there...

Maybe we should email RealTek directly?

I'm going to see if the Intel one works for me... I'll try it in a bit, or tomorrow if I run out of time tonight...

I'll report back.